The Arizona sentinel., 1887-04-30
TAONA TALK.
(BY SCR. Ps )

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 able infOrnition was glinel. PLssin through the expansive valley of the Mo hawk from fl to head, q distance of 24 miles, many evidt nces of thrift and enter prise mot the eye, first among which was the be ginning of a nursery and fruit far Il by Messrs. Ewing. Stowe and B!aisdell, where they are temporarily using watel from the old Moves Bros. ditch until the more efficient Mohaak Canal can supply them. A woven-wire, rabbit-pr fence has been set up around l5 acres of land, where all varieties of fruit trees an1 vines are being set out and rooted, in preparati 's for next years more extensive plant n :. The sight, tbere, of flowing water upon a thirsty soil is at once pleasant and agreeable lnd in measure demonstrates what can be lone on a larger scale.
 Leaving tue waving fields of greea III that vicinity and travelling along mp the .alley, new buildings are occasionally seen. where settlers are making homes, with fres >leared and plosed ground here and there, moving the agricultural intent of the own CTS. The home place of Mc. Cant shows evidences of thrift in the form of wire fenc- .ng, wells, pumps, buildings and stacks lay from native grasses grown upon hl claim, without the aid of pumps or ditches rhe irrepressible Mr. s. w. Taylor was next met with where he is temporarily en- couced in the domicil of Mir. Magill, unti | ne can enter his own ''casa grande' now il; course of construction in close proximity tC his present abode Messrs. Taylor, Lang don and Magill are lrsl airing to s. l'e the problem of early garden productions b; the aid Of a pump and steam power which they have purchased in San Francisco and hich is now OH the way to their ranch From is point auother short drive of few mics soon heard the rattle of the wheel upon the streets of the growing town oi ,lohaWk City where amid the busy s;en,s of thriving town, the familiar form anu smiling conntenanoe of the (in-de fat-i-gab-ej judge met us, aud a hearty shake was mu- tually enjoyed, and other etc, etc. Herr | more extended light was received upon .he huge canal scheme upon the Colorado,
 hich was duly fathered by the active brain of our host After spending a few pleasant moments in the town and examin- ing the various improvements, another short drive lanred us at the head-gate of the ,irand Canal of the Mohawk valley, where the towering peak of the Tejanos rears its head high up into the ballny air of the G!ls, and in solemn silence points to the stream at its feet, indicating, that, ''thus far ;anst thou come, and no farther" Here is 5he Ifs f1Iid of all .he hopes borne in the valley below
 From Texas Hill, hurried drive was made along the north bank of the river t. tgua Caliente in Maricopa county, here | delicious bath can he enjoyed i'd the warn springs of water found at that place. Thes, mountain of volcanic origin, of some little elevation above tine surrounding country. There is an immense body of ine leve Ids sloping away from this lone sentine of the plains in all directions. Could water be obtained to irriyate these plains, it woulG 0. el up country iu extent four times tha; of Salt River valley.
 Sentinel station on the Southern Paciti- R. R, l2 miles south of Agua Calente Spring !, is at several hundred feet greater elevation than the land around those springs.
 The Railroad company sank an artesian well at that point to a distance of l,2O0 feet, and obtained water from the first strata, which came near enough the surface for them to pump it into their tanks for daily use of the trains, and in all probabili- ty If they had bored to the second strata oi artesian water, flow to the surface woul, have been obtained. From the fact tlal ticy obtained water, and that a5 Calien;e natural flow is had, is it not reasonably 1 possible that artesian water can be obtained on the large tract of land lying around the springs for miles in extent, embracing a potion, each, of Yuma and Ma.i:,ra c ,unties. Here is a field for enterprise ripe unto the harvest. awaiting the pluck, skill and daring of some man with means Jo demonstrate its feasibility. (Does not the Territory offer 5000 reward tor flow jag stream of artesian water 10 miles frsn any other now flowing stream: This ask by way of parenthesis.)
 On the south side of the river, H. R. Willis and Company will open up ditch that will gladden. many of the broad acre. along the eastern border of Yuma county.
 The Hackett Bros. had just turned the water into their canal as your correspond eat passed and by t'ris time, no doubt, tberr is a deluge of water flowing over the broad expanse of country below where their cana! comes to the surface
 The Contreres and Alvarado ditch still lows with its usual regularity, and the waving grain and growing ;on under its happy iuiIelce presents a picture before you, impressiug you with the fertility ol the soil and its great productivenese. Low 1T down and the old neglected Peck's ditch stands as a moIament to neglected love, Sbere the live germs have withered and dried for want of a few well-lirected strokes